Western Australia

                   Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962


                              Western Australia

                   Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962

                                  CONTENTS

  1.  Short title      1
  2.  Statute of Frauds 1677 s. 4 applies in amended form     1

         Notes
      Compilation table     2



                              Western Australia


                   Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962

An Act relating to the Statute of Frauds 1677.


1.    Short title


            This Act may be cited as the Law Reform (Statute of Frauds)
       Act 1962 1.

2.    Statute of Frauds 1677 s. 4 applies in amended form


            The provisions of section 4 of the Statute of Frauds 1677 2,
       continue in force in this State in relation to any promise or
       agreement, whether made before or after the coming into operation of
       this Act, as if the following passages were deleted from that
       section, namely - 
      (a)   "whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any
             special promise to answer damages out of his own estate; or";
      (b)   "or to charge any person upon any agreement made upon
             consideration of marriage"; and
      (c)   "or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the
             space of one year from the making thereof".
                                    Notes
1     This is a compilation of the Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962.
     The following table contains information about that Act.

                              Compilation table

|Short title      |Number  |Assent  |Commencement       |
|                 |and year|        |                   |
|Law Reform       |16 of   |1 Oct 19|1 Oct 1962         |
|(Statute of      |1962    |62      |                   |
|Frauds) Act 1962 |        |        |                   |
|Reprint of the Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962|
|as at 12 Jul 2002                                     |
|(includes amendments listed above)                    |


2     Statute of Frauds 1677 (UK) (29 Charles II, chapter 3).  The short
    title "The Statute of Frauds" was given to the UK Act by the Short
    Titles Act 1892 (UK).